Sr ID and Project Mngr. in Information Technology at Novant Health (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Vyond for 60-90 sec. videos about ongoing enterprise software updates. They are “Did You Know” topics that sit on main portal and are linked to supporting documents and forms. They allow us to have a consistent look/feel and let us roll out updates very quickly. We keep the same intro, music, colors … we just change out the title, add the new screencaps/demo, and add the new info.

Pros

Having multiple different “cast” members, such as: nurses, corporate workers, trades
Variety of ages, body types, actions + motions
Preview mode (from timeline)

Cons

Add a screen capture (similar to Camtasia) capability
Spellcheck for text editing

Return on Investment

Allows the training/support teams a quick way to provide “how-to” videos, similar to having a YouTube channel.
Our update videos are stored on a channel, which allows us to have a video record of how the project is emerging
Leadership likes that we can put out a video very quickly

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Powtoon

Other Software Used

Camtasia, Adobe Premiere Pro, Microsoft SharePoint

Laura Gillenwater View profile

Sr. Learning & Development Consultant, E-Learning Specialist in Human Resources at Sun Life Financial (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Vyond is our solution when we need to make explainer videos. I've created explainer videos with Vyond for high-level product info and for leadership and other general business topics.

Pros

It easily allows you sync the animated characters lips to your narration
It allows you to make explainer videos in different styles -- whiteboard style and two different non-whiteboard "cartoon" styles
It's easy to import your own images
It's easy to add and manage background music
It comes with a decent-sized library of assets and scenes (although less so for the whiteboard style than the other styles)

Cons

Desperately needs visibility toggles and ability to work with layers
Needs the ability to name objects in the timeline
There are no back views of characters -- you have to kind of fake it up, hiding the face with a shape the color of the hair, etc.. Also, no full side views, either....even when you use the "facing right" or "facing left" options, the character is looking more towards the "camera" than towards, say, the character they're supposed to be talking to.
The Business style (and, I assume, the Contemporary style) can't handle very long videos...after about 100 scenes, you need to break it up into another piece and then later knit the two pieces back together. It would be nice if there was a built-in utility for cutting up the video and knitting video pieces together (without re-rendering the video and causing it to greatly increase in file size).
Needs emphasis effects for objects and text, like blinking. Also, or change color effect (so I don't have to make two copies and use instant entrance/exit technique) for emphasis or other purposes
Multiple motion paths for one object within a scene or squiggly motion path or motion path with more than one "stop."
No closed captioning! Need to publish the video file to a platform that will allow you to add closed captioning post-production. This is an accessibility issue.
No whiteboard characters with shaded skin (or a way to make that) to increase diversity.

Most Important Features

Ease of use
Effectiveness at imparting certain types of content
It passed internal IT, Legal, and Purchasing reviews, so it must be relatively secure (in terms of storing sensitive data) and the company must be relatively stable.

Return on Investment

Anecdotal evidence points to positive reception from the employees who view these videos, so they are likely to actually watch them to the end, etc.
We don't really measure very robustly this kind of thing, since it's not meant to be used for critical skills/knowledge learning on its own.
It saves time for the developer over trying to create a similar thing in a tool like PowerPoint or Captivate or Camtasia, because it has so much built-in functionality and assets for creating these types of videos. It also has a shallower learning curve, which also saves new developers some time.

Other Software Used

Microsoft Powerpoint, Lectora, Audacity

Lou Bortone View profile

CEO, Video Marketing Expert and Online Marketing Consultant in Marketing at www.LouBortone.com (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We created a 3 minute song parody and had to come up with visuals to match the audio we had created. After searching for video and animation solutions, we rediscovered Vyond. It was the perfect solution to create our video song parody. In fact, the final animation now has over 500,000 views on YouTube!

Pros

provides excellent video clips, icons, characters and backgrounds
very user friendly and easy to create animations
wide range of video backgrounds and environments

Cons

Perhaps a bit more customization options
more characters to use

Most Important Features

Cool graphics
Great templates to start with
Flexible animations

Return on Investment

We were able to create a fun, animated video that garnered half a million views
The templates and graphics made the video creation relatively simple
There was plenty of variety in the graphics provided

Other Software Used

Animoto, Vimeo, Adobe After Effects

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Freelance Web and Graphic Designer in Marketing at Boombox Creative (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We started using Vyond three years ago to create animated explainer videos for our insurance technology company based out of Canada. We were looking for a solution to make high-quality videos that clearly explained software solutions we provide. Vyond offered us a powerful tool for creating videos for our company and other clients.

Pros

Modern design with professional templates
Easy to use editing timeline
Character and scene animations with endless options

Cons

More export options
More style / genre options for templates
Better typography tools

Most Important Features

Character animation options - expressions, movement, style
Scene transitions and camera options
Typography and Charts

Return on Investment

Improved efficiency for marketing team content creation
Ability to create professional animated explainer videos fast
Increased client engagement with compelling video content

Alternatives Considered

Powtoon, Renderforest Video, Animaker and Biteable

Other Software Used

Renderforest Video, Powtoon, Animaker

Ryan Sarti View profile

Swiss Marketing Knife in Marketing at Sturtevant Richmont (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Vyond in a variety of ways. Some of it is simply creating animation snippets that I incorporate into other videos that I create in Final Cut Pro. I also use it as the basis for the storyboard and timeline when working in Final Cut Pro. I title the cells by name and because I worked out the timing in Vyond when it comes to editing in Final Cut Pro, the cuts are already laid out for me. That speeds up my entire process. That alone is worth the annual subscription rate.

Pros

Music beds.
Story boarding.
Background selection.
Font selection.

Cons

I use Serpentine Sans bold oblique and I uploaded it. It disappeared from the library.

Most Important Features

Animation
Music beds
Ease of use
Production speed

Return on Investment

Internal communication videos are much faster to create.
Videos are more engaging.
Saving time and fewer headaches.
Going back and updating a video is easy and very fast.

Other Software Used

SharpSpring from Constant Contact, Vidyard

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